Take-out At Home - Sesame Chicken & General Tso's Chicken

I'm a huge fan of chinese take-out. There's something about all those little containers of food that simply makes me happy. The husband, however, is not a fan. I'm not sure if he's ever even had it, but whenever I do, he says it smells up the house and won't even taste it. I don't indulge very often and when I do I usually swell up terribly from all the sodium that I can't even get my wedding ring on. Which, oddly enough, doesn't make me stop craving it. For me it's the ultimate in comfort food.

When I spotted these recipes for lighter, at-home versions, I was intrigued. I've never tried to re-create my faves at home before. Which is weird now that I think about it since I love to cook so much. (I've made many stir frys, but that's usually just using up whatever we have left in the house.)

Both these recipes are quite similar, pretty much the sauces are different, and both were a huge hit. The husband loving the sesame one more and myself loving the General Tso one more. They were both high on the indulgent-feeling, comfort food factor and we ate both with chopsticks which was fun.